I was, I believe, myself the first to obtain the eggs of this species, but the first of my contributors who sent me eggs, nest, and a note on the nidification of this species was Mr. J.C. Parker. Writing to me in September 1875, he said:-- "On the 14th August I took a nest of _Timelia pileata_ on my old ground in the Salt Lakes. I discovered this by a mere accident, for I happened to see a female _Prinia flaviventris_ (whose eggs I was in quest of for you) perched on the top of a bush inland about 10 feet from the bank of the canal, and from her movements I thought she must have a nest near at hand. "Accordingly I landed, although not in trim for wading through a bog. Sure enough I was not mistaken; the _Prinia_ had a nest, but it contained only _one_ egg. Close by, however, I saw a nest, from out of which a bird flew, and although I did not shoot it I am quite sure it was _Timelia pileata_. The jungle was particularly thick just about where I stood, indeed impenetrable, and I could not follow the bird, but I soon heard the male bird talking to his mate in that extraordinary way which these birds have, and which once heard cannot be mistaken. "The nest was placed on the spikes growing from the joints of a species of grass very thick and stiff, and forming a secure foundation for the nest. This latter is 6 inches high and 4 inches broad. Egg-cavity 2 inches, entrance-hole 1½ by 2. The nest itself is very loosely put together with the dead leaves of the tiger-grass twisted round and round, and lined roughly with coarse grass. The nest was quite open to view and about three feet from the ground. I suppose the birds never expected that such a wild swampy spot as they had selected would be invaded by any oologist."